World Building And The Potterverse

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 167384

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" <horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:
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> 
> Betsy Hp:
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> [Brief aside for continuity rant: Oh my God!  Draco's darn hand of 
> glory!!  What the heck was up with that?!?  One of the most pivotal 
> and character defining scenes for Draco developed around Draco *not* 
> getting that hand.  And then all of a sudden, in HBP he *has* it?  
> And *Ron* knew about it?!?!  Gah!!]
> 

Ken:

I think this aside from Besty illustrates perfectly why Rowling's "maths"
errors are serious enough to spawn, and then sustain way beyond 
anything I could have expected, this thread. If Rowling had taken the
time to work out how many students and teachers Hogwarts really 
needed to have, when full moons really occur, what days of the week
that months really start on, and all the rest; if she then skillfully wove 
her story into this framework that has real, satisfying heft; what 
would we think of the Hand of Glory?

Most likely we would think that here is a careful story planner who 
makes as few mistakes as is humanly possible. Draco intensely
wanted this grotesque artifact but was refused. Draco hounded his
father until he relented. Once he got it he boasted about it at every
opportunity. Of course he boasted about it to a *Weasely*. And then
he used it. Even though we only saw the first and last steps in this
progression we would confidently fill in the details and think nothing
of the omission of the intermediate steps.

As it is we can't be sure with this author. Do we give her the benefit
of the doubt, or is this just more sloppy story planning?

Ken